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complementary color wheel with two arrows pointing to the word complementary on each side and an arrow pointing

What comes to mind when you hear "complementary colors"? When you learn a little more about the color wheel, you might get a little more inspiration about which colors to use for your home or office, while also learning more about complementary colors.

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a color wheel with different colors in it

Picking out the best color for your flooring project is not as simple as just picking out your favorite shade. Color in a room can transport, immerse, change or utterly shatter a room’s desig…

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a painting of a woman in green and red

Digication ePortfolio :: Renata Ralbovsky's Fine Arts E-Portfolio by ePortfolio Scholars at CUNY La Guardia Community College. HUA 115 - Color Theory Course Description: This course is an introduction to the theory and application of color in two dimensional designs. The basic principle of design was demonstrated in relation to the interaction of colors. Students developed two dimensional designs through techniques in color mixing and collage. Assignment Descriptions: 1. Value

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an abstract painting with blue and yellow circles in the middle, on a purple background

This image shows a design with color harmony. The color scheme used in the design is split-complementary. The bright yellow is the one being complemented by the blue and purple. The main color, yellow, has a bright chroma while the split-complementary colors are darker hue. This helps us know which color complimented.

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the color wheel with two arrows pointing to each other

Although colors are a part of our daily lives, there are many variations to them and their uses that not everyone may take advantage of it. Take split-complementary colors, for example.

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the color wheel with two arrows pointing to each other

The best way to use complementary color combinations in realistic artwork is to balance the saturation of the colors, and this is easy to do with Copic Markers.

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the book cover for spring with an illustration of a girl in green and orange dress

As promised, here are all the palettes which I used for my 1-hour color study challenge. Feel free to use them for your own practice or however you find helpful. 🌟 What did I do in that 1-hour study? Every day I limit myself for an hour to observe and play with colours to create a scene. It's a thumbnailing process. I played with complementary colours, different layer modes, different ways to show highlight and shadow and more. I did it for 12 days and here are my top 8! Which one will you…

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